Italian Sweet Easter Bread

Name: Italian Sweet Easter Bread
Ingredients: As many Dyed Raw Eggs as you want to nestle in your bread (usually 4-6 or 7) – MUST be raw.; 4 1/2 c. Flour (Divided into 4 c. and 1/2 c.); 1/2 c. Sugar; 1 envelope Dry Active Yeast; 1 tsp. salt; 1 c. Warm milk; 3 Tbsp. Olive Oil; 2 tsp. Liquid Anise (found with the spices & extracts at your grocer); 2 Extra Large Eggs – room temperature – beaten; 1/2 c. Coarsely chopped slivered almonds; 1 c. Chopped Candied Orange Peel or Golden Raisins (to make your own candied orange peel, visit: HERE ); Zest of one orange; 1 Tbsp. Fennel Seed; Olive Oil for oiling bowl; 1 Egg beaten a little to glaze the bread before baking; Colored Sprinkles ( found in baking area at grocer)

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INGREDIENTS

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As many Dyed Raw Eggs as you want to nestle in your bread (usually 4-6 or 7) – MUST be raw.

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4 1/2 c. Flour (Divided into 4 c. and 1/2 c.)

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1/2 c. Sugar

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1 envelope Dry Active Yeast

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1 tsp. salt

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1 c. Warm milk

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3 Tbsp. Olive Oil

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2 tsp. Liquid Anise (found with the spices & extracts at your grocer)

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2 Extra Large Eggs – room temperature – beaten

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1/2 c. Coarsely chopped slivered almonds

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1 c. Chopped Candied Orange Peel or Golden Raisins (to make your own candied orange peel, visit: HERE )

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Zest of one orange

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1 Tbsp. Fennel Seed

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Olive Oil for oiling bowl

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1 Egg beaten a little to glaze the bread before baking

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Colored Sprinkles ( found in baking area at grocer)

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